Mobile Mentor and Zero Trust: a modern workplace methodology

The biggest challenge for organisations today revolves around avoiding a data breach. Recent events in Australia - Optus, the second largest telecommunications company in the country, had identifying details of up to 9.8 million customers stolen from their database - only serve to highlight the importance of protecting your customer data.

Podcast: Managed Services gets you the cloud environment you wanted

It's easy to move into the cloud but what about ongoing management? Who's got the time or the experience for that? Short answer - Umbrellar.

Podcast: Vanessa Sorenson – Growing businesses and creating industry depth with Microsoft

Umbrellar CEO Dave Howden and Vanessa Sorenson, Chief Partner Officer A/NZ and Managing Director Microsoft NZ, catch up on all the dramatic changes since their last podcast chat - her roles, the pandemic, new data centres for the region and the integration of Australia and New Zealand in the Microsoft world.

Podcast: Endless possibilities – how the cloud empowers us to do more

Umbrellar's Rob Farnell (Head of Cloud Technology) and Adrian Venter (Head of Cloud Operations ... aka Supreme Overlord 😎) talk tech with Head of Business Operations Nadia Phillips.

Podcast: What will the new Microsoft Data Centre mean for the country – and your business?

Umbrellar CEO David Howden and Head of Business Operations Nadia Phillips took some time out to talk to Microsoft's Patrick Quesnel and Jimmy Kerr about the upcoming launch of the new Microsoft datacenter region in New Zealand. Are you ready for it?

Podcast: Digital Debrief with Carolyn Luey

We're excited to share this episode from CodeHQ's Digital Debrief, the podcast that invites experienced New Zealand business leaders to share what they did, why and how they did it, and what they'd do differently next time.

Podcast: CodeHQ’s Digital Debrief with Cecilia Robinson

We're excited to share this episode from CodeHQ's Digital Debrief, the podcast that invites experienced New Zealand business leaders to share what they did, why and how they did it, and what they'd do differently next time.

Podcast: CodeHQ’s Digital Debrief with Tower

We're excited to share this episode from CodeHQ's Digital Debrief, the podcast that invites experienced New Zealand business leaders to share what they did, why and how they did it, and what they'd do differently next time.

Cyber security leadership: How much risk are you prepared to take within your business?

Paul Spain is joined by Karl Wright (CIO - Datacom) and Sean Duca (Vice President and Regional Chief Security Officer for Asia Pacific - Palo Alto Networks) to discuss how cyber security really is a business risk, not just an IT problem.

How Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company is helping the ‘team of five million’ in the pandemic

Could Kiwis who pay off cyber ransoms land in jail?

Plus: Instagram is 10, Naughty IT guy jailed, Windows XP shame + more

“I’m Steve Wozniak. Keep on coding.”

Kiwisaver Tech Investing, Tesla Battery Day, Hands on GoPro Hero 9 and Samsung Tab S7+

Kiwisaver Tech Investing with Movac and Kiwiwealth, Tesla Battery Day news including sub NZ$50k autonomous electric car.

NZ Cyber Security update, Android 11 arrives, TikTok/Oracle Deal, Nvidia purchase of ARM

KPMG Cyber Security boss Philip Whitmore joins Paul Spain on NZ Tech Podcast to discuss the state of play from a security perspective and reveals some interesting details about the scale of invoicing scams locally.

Covid Tracing, an autonomous future, Huawei’s take on the Apple Watch and Enlighten Designs

Damon Kelly joins Paul Spain to discuss the tech news of the week and a little about his firm Enlighten Designs. Topics include Covid Tracing, an autonomous future and Huawei’s take on the Apple Watch. Listen to the Podcast here:

Five tech podcasts to binge on your morning commute

Jonathan Reichental, author of Smart Cities for Dummies

Jonathan Reichental is former Chief Information Office of the City of Palo Alto in Silicon Valley. On this episode of NZ Tech Podcast he talks with Paul Spain about Smart Cities.

Podcast: NZ HiTech Awards, NZX under attack, Apple’s Epic battle and Starlink broadband speeds

Brett Roberts joins Paul Spain to discuss the news of the week – including the New Zealand Stock Exchange’s current woes with Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks taking them offline. Is this a situation where blame can be put locally or is this entirely on cyber criminals trying to extort funds out the NZX?

Talking to Michael Howard, Cyber Security Innovator

US based New Zealander Michael Howard has had a massive impact in reducing Cyber Security risk globally and currently advises on security in relation to Microsoft's Azure cloud computing services. eWeek magazine selected Michael as one of “The 100 Most Influential People in IT”, one of “The 25 Most Influential People at Microsoft” and one of “The 15 Most Influential People in Security.”

New tech: Samsung, Jabra, Microsoft and Huawei

Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss the latest tech news including current geopolitical matters and share thoughts on the latest tech including the Samsung Note 20 Ultra, Jabra Evolve2 65 bluetooth headset, Jabra Panacast conferencing camera, Microsoft Surface Go 2 – and a first look at Huawei’s upcoming MateBook 13.

Innovation and NZ’s Future: Peter Beck, Rod Drury, Anna Kominik, Bill O’Connor

Paul Spain shares a unique opportunity to invite the world’s leading technology firms to establish innovation hubs in New Zealand. Tech leaders Rod Drury (Xero), Peter Beck (Rocket Lab), Anna Kominik (Wisk) and Bill O’Connor join in and share their thoughts too.

Understanding the UK Huawei ban and the disruption of the auto industry

Understanding the United Kingdom’s Huawei ban, LPM Property Management client data leak, FordPass Connect arrives in NZ, GM go big on Electric Vehicles whilst BMW move into subscriptions, Samsung begins teasing the Galaxy Buds Live.

The future of robotics and NZ’s opportunity with David Inggs (Rocos)

What’s on the cards for AI of the future? We ask Damon Kelly, CEO of Enlighten Designs

A podcast discussion with Damon Kelly on the tech solutions to build a sustainable future.

Spark NZ update on Internet of Things and 5G

This week Renee Mateparae and Tony Agar of Spark NZ share insights on 5G and Internet of Things in New Zealand - along with discussing the tech news of the week.

Apple surprises with latest news – Sarah Putt and Paul Spain

Tech observer, Paul Spain, speaks with the editor of CIO - what's up with TikTok and Trump's rally? Are NZ Police freezing $140m linked to Cyber-crime? Will Netflix's Australian ‘Local Originals’ hire happen for NZ? Also, Rocket Lab and Apple's big mid-year announcements.

Paul Spain and Simon Che de Boer on using data better

Simon Che de Boer, virtual reality content creator, delve into updates on COVID-19 data use, creating virtual experiences, the responsibility of tech, and hybrid video.

Boost innovation, connect globally: What Microsoft has planned for NZ’s Azure cloud data region, from its local lead

This week, Dave Howden is joined by Patrick Quesnel, Microsoft Azure BG Lead, for a discussion around the new Microsoft Azure region as announced earlier this week.

Mike and Philip Carden on Joyous, employee feedback SaaS startup

The Carden brothers speak about the beginnings of 'SaaS' and the market opportunity that helps them build up their startup Joyous - an employee feedback software.

Soul Machines and the future of AI

Paul speaks with Greg Cross, Chief Executive at Soul Machines - and winner of NZ Hi-Tech Flying Kiwi award 2019 - on digital humans, artificial Intelligence, and boosting NZ innovation.

Business resilience and community with David Downs and Scott Arrol

In this episode David Howden (Head of Cloud, Umbrellar) is joined by David Downs (Task Force Lead, MBIE) and Scott Arrol (CEO, NZHIT) as they discuss resiliency and community within New Zealand businesses

Our Head of Cloud on adjusting to the new normal

Podcaster Hamish Webber interviews Umbrellar's Head of Cloud, David Howden, on how Umbrellar is adjusting to the new pandemic-responsive working landscape.

Scott Arrol, of NZHIT, shares the latest on the HealthTech sector

What's the latest on NZHIT and the digital transformation journey for local GPs?

Vanessa Sorenson leads the way at Microsoft New Zealand

In this episode host podcaster Hamish Webber sits down with the new MD of Microsoft New Zealand Vanessa Sorenson. They talk about her new role within Microsoft, Initiatives she has been involved with during her time in the company and the future of AI and HoloLens.

Infusing into the business process

We enjoyed talking to Blair so much that we just had to have him back!

Aura Information Security – the security game

What are the fundamentals of cloud security? Join General Manager of leading cyber security consultancy, Aura Information Security, Peter Bailey, and our Head of Cloud, Dave Howden, in this sit-down session where they talk fraud, social engineering, business responsibility, chipsets and database protection.

A chat with Walkerscott – Finding meaningful data

Join Blair Scott and Paul Knox as they talk to Dave Howden about the changes Walkerscott have seen since their inception: IOT and the collection of future looking data, getting your organizational data in order, and the buzz around bees.